Washing-machine frame



Apr. 3, 1923.

W. H. HUENERGARDT I WASHING iACHINE FRAME Original Filed Feb. 15. 1918 2 sheetssheet J ATTORNEYS 1918 2 sheets-sheet 2 Apr. 3, 1923.

W. H. HUENERGARDT WASHING MACHINE FRAME Original Filed Feb. 15

Patente Apr. 3,

Lthdh Parent rri WILLIAM HAROLD I-IUENERGARDT, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO I-IUENER- GARDT MANUFACTURING (30., OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, A CORPORATION.

WASHING-IflACI-IINE FRAIVIE.

Original application filed February 15, 1918, Serial No. 217,364. Divided and this application filed November 11, 1920.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HUEN- ERGARDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Vashing-dachine Frame, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has for its object to provide a light, strong, well braced supporting frame for the constituent parts of a power driven washing machine, the frame being so arranged and designed that it includes a number of units which when disconnected one from another, may be closely folded to gether to make a compact package for shipment.

The present invention is a division of my application Serial No. 217,864, filed February 15, 1918, and in this application I make no claim to the tubs, tub operating machinery, wringer, wringer operating machinery, etc, which constitute the subject matter of my said application.

In its general nature the invention, constituting the subject matter of this application, comprises a frame composed of three major units and one minor unit, namely, a base unit and two standard or upright units and a tub bench unit, one of the standard units constituting a mid-standard frame which is designed to sustain the power trans mitting and operation controlling instrumentalities (not here shown, but see my copending application aforesaid) and the wringer mechanism, as well as sustaining one of the bearings for the oscillating tub and serving as a support for one end of the tub bench.

In its more subordinate nature, the invention includes those novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, then specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame constituting the present invention, parts being broken awa Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a detail side elevation of the several units disconnected, ready to be brought into juxtaposition for shipment.

Serial No. 423,377.

In the drawings, in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, the base frame unit is com posed of longitudinal angle irons or bars 1 connected together at their ends by cross bars 2 and 1, the latter carrying castor wheels 5 so as to render the frame easily portable. The bar 4 is inwardly curved, as indicated in Figure 1, and secured to an auxiliary cross bar 3, the ends of which are fastened to the bars 1, as shown.

The mid-standard frame is composed of the upwardly converging bars 18 and the uprights 66 which are united by cross bars 7, 8, 9, the bar 7 being secured to the standards 6 adjacent to their lower ends and to the base frame unit to which unit the lower ends of the standards 6 are also secured, as best indicated in Figures 1 and 3. The mid-standard frame, composed of the elements 6, 7, 8, 9 and the upwardly converging bars 18, is braced and held in a vertical position by the front and back diagonal braces 10-11 which are secured to the uprights 6 and to the base unit 1 as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings. 12 indicates other brace elements which are secured respectively to the bottom cross bar 7 and to the longitudinal bars 1 (see Figure 1 of the drawings).

19 represents one of the bearings for the oscillating tub shaft, the other bearing 17 being supported on upwardly converging bars 16 and together with such bars constitutes a standard unit, the lower ends of the bars 16 being fastened to the cross bar 4 of the base unit.

13 represents the horizontal portion of the tub bench and includes cross slats 14: secured to the horizontal frame portion 13, the latter being also secured at one end to the upright 6 and at the other end being sustained on legs 15 which are secured to the frame 13 and to the base unit as indicated. Thus, it will be seen that the midstandard frame not only sustains one of the bearings for the oscillating tub shaft but forms a support for one end of the tub bench.

By disconnecting the brace bars 10 and 11 from the uprights 6 and unbolting those uprights from the base bars 1 and by disconnecting the tub bench from the up rights 6 and the legs 15 from the base unit Likewise, by disconnecting the standard 16-17 from the base unit it can be laid fiat-wise on top of the other parts so as to make a compact pack age for shipment.

The mid-standard frame unit in practice is designed to sustain the wringer 21 and when the parts are assembled the oscillating tab 20 has its shaft journaled in bearings 17 and 19. The provision of the in wardly curved bar l enables the location of a drain tub close up beneath the oscillating tub so as to facilitate its drainage.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen the complete construction and advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. It might be stated, however, that by the arrangement shown and described a tub may be placed on the tub bench 13 close up to the mid-standard frame andas closely as possible to the oscillating tub so that the clothes may be passed through the wringer from the oscillating tub to a tub on the tub bench or vice versa without slopping the water to any extent and the provision of the mid-standard frame makes it possible to mount the power mechanism thereon as a unit with the same, as will be more clearly apparent by reference to my copending application aforesaid.

What I claim is: 1. A frame for power driven washing machines which includes a base unit, an end standard unit, and an intermediate standard unit, said standard units being connected to the base unit, tub bearings carried by said standard units a bench unit connected to said intermediate standard unit and to the base unit, bracing means for said intermediate unit, said bracing means comprising diagonals connected to said intermediate standard unit and to the base unit to maintain said intermediate standard unit in a plane normal to that containing the base unit.

2. In a frame for power driven washing machines, a base unit comprising longitudinal bars. and end cross bars connected thereto, an intermediate cross bar adjacent to one end of said longitudinal bars and connected to the same, the end cross bar adjacent to said intermediate cross bar being bent inwardly and connected with said intermediate cross bar, and means projecting upwardly from said base frame for sustaining a tub over the same.

3. A frame for power driven washing machines which includes a base unit, an end standard unit and an intermediate standard unit, said units being connected to the base unit, tub bearings carried by said standard units, said intermediate standard unit including elements projecting upwardly above the level of said bearing, a bench unit connected to said intermediate standard unit and to said base unit, bracing means for said intermediate unit including diagonals connected to said intermediate standard unit and to said base unit to maintain said intermediate standard unit in a plane normal to that containing the base unit, all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

WILLIAM HAROLD HUENERGARDT. 

